My day started out well. Thursday morning my friend MacKenzie woke up early (she doesn't have class until 2:30) just to give me my birthday crown, sash, and earrings that she bought at Claire's when we were there last week. I wore it for most of the day and tons of people wished me happy birthday. I also got lots of texts, cards, and calls from friends and relatives alike.
In addition to the cards and calls, I got some nice presents. My first present came last Friday, and was the book Marley and Me, from my dear family friend Lynnie. The book is about a dog, and Lynnie is a dog lover with two wonderful dogs of her own. I enjoy going for walks with her and her dogs when I am home, and her dogs have become my adopted dogs. On Thursday I got roses from my parents (which is quite fitting since Rose is my middle name), and a cute box and 2 dark chocolate bars from my friend Hayley. My friend Bryce got me a Border's giftcard, which I'm excited to put to good use. Both my grandparents sent me checks that I plan to put in my savings account or spend in some way.
Despite all the fabulous gifts, cards, calls, texts, and birthday love, my night did not end favorably. I got sick late Thursday night with a stomach bug. I'm not sure what caused it because I had a Mongolian grill (veggie, tofu, and shrimp stir fry) in the Commons. I've had this plenty of times and never gotten sick from it. That night, I was studying with my friend Amy for a stats quiz. Her roommate Christina had this Xanga drink (exotic juice which she said includes pomegrante). Although I'm not 100% sure, I think the juice is what caused me to be sick.
I woke up with a low fever (100.5 to be exact) Friday morning so I had to miss classes. ): Thanks to my understanding professors, I am able to take my stats quiz and turn my English assignments in Monday. Although my fever was gone by Friday night, my stomach is not better. I'm well enough to go to classes, but I still have to be careful of what I eat. My diet this weekend has been fluids (tea, water, cranberry juice), dried cranberries, cereal, pasta, crackers, and soup. I've also been living off Pepto. Not exactly how I want to be eating on my birthday weekend
My family was supposed to come in this weekend and take my friends and I out for dinner. Since my stomach is not better, I did not want to go out and not enjoy my birthday meal or worry about getting sick from something. I spent this weekend resting and catching up on homework. I'm really bummed that I got sick this weekend because my family was excited to visit and I was so excited for my friends to meet my family (and they were excited to meet my family). Fortunately, my mom's going to look at her calendar and find some dates when they can come and visit. So now you know why I don't have a lot of pictures. Hopefully, I'll have some when my parents visit!
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